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OSCAR rh DRoEGE, or PomrToN LAK-Esimw JERSEY, AND GEoBGE a ROBINSON, or

NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY cANNoN.,

To all 4whom-'15 may concern;

The object of the invention is to provide a" new and improved toy cannon arranged to permit of successively loading the barrel with projectiles from a magazine, ejecting such projectiles from the barrel, and simultaneously exploding percussion caps to simulate -the action of a regular gun. VA nother object is to enable the userl to accomplish the loading, ejecting and firing onturning a single crank thus simulating .a rapid lire gun. Another object is to accomplish tlie results as stated by mechanism which is very simple-and durable in construction and not liable easily to get out of order.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodimentof the. invention is represented in the accompanying drawings .forming a part of this specifica-tion, in which similar characters of reference indrcate corresponding parts in all the views. L

`.Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of the toy cannon;

Fie. .2 is a similar view of the same with the ejecting plunger and the firing hammer in retracted positions;

Fig. 3 is aV plan view of the toy cannon;

Fig. 4 is a front end elevation of the same;

Fig. 5 is a. cross section of the same on the line of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of the magazine on'the line 6 6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a face View of a portion of the strip carrying the explosive caps 1n spaced relation; and Y Fig. 8 is an edge view of the same.

The support l0 of the toy cannon is preferably in the form of a carriage having an axle 11 and wheels 12, and on the frontend of the support 10 is held a barrel 15 adapted to shoot projectiles 16 in the form of balls Specication of Letters Patent. Patented June 10, 1919, Application led September 12, 1918. Serial No. 253,757.

to the rear end of the barrel 15 froin'a magazine 17 connected by a hinge 18 to the support 10. The hinge 18 is located at the forward end of themagazine 17 and the rearward end thereof is provided with a suitable locking device 19 for normally locking the magazine in position on the support 10 (see Fig. 3). T he' magazine 17 is provided with a, number of inclined runways 20, 21 and 22 for supporting a series of projectiles 16 and inclined alternately in opposite directions, to allow the projectiles to 'roll down the inclines` 'from oneto the other by theirV own Weight to finally pass from the lower end of the -lowermost incline 20 into a 'transversely extending delivery pipe 23 conside of the barrel 15 at the rear end thereof. The inagazine 17 is provided on the top with a filling opening E25 for filling the magazine with projectiles. The'ieai end of the barrel 15` is provided at the bottom with a segmental slioulder or seat 26 for the projectile 16Yto lbe seated on, and forward of the seat 4isi arranged a flexible vretaining strip 2,7

- in general aliue'ment' with the barrel 15, and

the rear end of the plunger 30 is provided with a' polygonal bore 31 slidably fitting on a pin32 attached by a screw 33 to the back of the support l0. spring 34 is coiled on the pin 32 and is interposed between the inner end of the screw 33 and the rear end of the plunger 30 to move tlieflatter forward after the plunger is retracted andv released, as hereinafter more fully explained. The top of the plunger 30 is provided with a rack 35 adapted to besuccessively engaged by twoV sets ofvtceth 36 and 37 of a mutilated gear wheel 38 secured on a transverse shaft 39 journaled in suitable bearings arrangedA on the support 10. One outer end of the shaft 89 is provided -with'a crank arm 40 under the control of the user of the cannon for turning-the shaft 39 and with it the mutilated .gear wheel 38 to cause the correspending set of teeth36 to slide the plunger 30 rearwardly to compi-'ess the spring 34 and nected with an opening 24 formed in one i a projectile 16 is ejected from the barrel, the

following arrangement is made: A strip 50 of paper or other suitable material is provided with percussion caps 51 spaced equal distances apart and this strip is wound up in a roll and mounted on a stud supported on a bracket attached to the top of the support 10. A fiance 5 4 is held in place on the stud by a nut o5 to prevent. accidental displacement of the roll of percussion caps. The strip 50 after unwinding is passed over an anvil 60 attached to or forming part of the support 10 and then the strip passes between two feed rolls G1 and 62, of which the feed roll (51 is secured to the shaft 39 and rotates with the latter while the feed roll 62 ournaled on a stud 63 attached to the support 10. The strip 50 after leaving the feed rolls Vpasses down through an opening 61 formed in the bottom of the support 10. The feed rolls 61 and 62 Vare arranged to feed the 'strip 50 forward a distance corresponding to tliat between the centers of adjacent percussion caps 51 at each half revolution of the shaft 39. and each percussion cap 51 during the travel of the strip 50 comes in position on the anvil 60, at the time the iring hammeris released, to explode the percussion cap at the time the projectile 1G is ejected from the. barrel 15 by the action of the plunger 30. as above explained. The

hammer 70 is fulcrumed at 71 on the Support 10 and is pressed on by a spring 72 to normalljhold the hammer in the retracted position shown in Fig. The lower end of the hammer 70 projects into the path of a lug 7? attached to the top of the plunger 30 so that when the latter moves forward by the action of the spring 34. as previously eX- plained, then the lug 73 strikes the hammer 70 and swings rearward into engagement with the percussion cap 51 in position on the anvil Gt) at the time to explode such percussion cap. A

The rear end of the magazine 17 is preferably provided with a pivoted leg to maintain the magazine and support the same in the normal position shown and with the barrel 15 extending horizontally.

The operation is as follows:

lVhen the magazine 17 is loaded with projectiles 16 and the lowermost one thereof has passed into the barrel 15 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the operator turns the shaft 39 then the mutilated gear wheel 38 retracts the plunger 30 against the tension of the spring Salland finally releases the plunger 30 so that the plunger is moved forward and naoeesl;

ejccts the ball 1G from thebarrel 13. lluring the rearward movement of the plunger 30 b v the action of the mutilated gear wheel 3S as described, the strip 50 is fed forward by the action of the, feed rolls 61 and 62 so that a percussion cap 51 is at the anvil GOat the time the plunger 30 is released and slides forward. lli'hen this takes place the. lug 73 of the plunger actuates the normally retracted hammer-TO whereby the percussion cap at the. anvil 60 is exploded practically at. the time when the projectile 16 is ejected from the barrel 15.

As soon as the ball 16 is ejected the next. following ball in the magazine passes into the barrel 15 and is next ejected on continuing the turning operation of the shaft 39. as above explained. Thus by the arrangement described the operator on continualljY turning the crank arm l() can successively eject the projectiles from the barrel and simultaneousl)1 explode successive percussion caps 51 thus simulating the action of a rapid tire gun.

Having thus described our .invent-ion, we claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters 1Patents- 1. A toy.' cannon, comprising a support, a barrel on the support, a magazine mounted on the support and opening into the rear end of theharrel to successively charge the barrel'with projectiles, a spring pressed plunger mounted on the support and adapted to ej ect the project-ile out of the barrel, a percussion cap tiring device mounted on theJ support, manuali)r controlled means mounted on the support for reti-acting and releasing the said plunger, and means for actuating the said cap ring device from the plunger.

Q. A toy cannon. comprising a support, a barrel held on the support7 a spring pressed plungerniounted on the support and adapted to eject a. projectile loaded in the rear end of the barrel, an anvil` means for feeding a strip of percussion caps over the anvil. a spring retracted hammer, manually controlled means mounted on the said support and adapted to retract and release the said plunger and means for operating the hammer from the plunger.

3. A toy cannon, comprising a support, a barrel on the support, means for feeding projectiles into the barrel. a spring pressed plunger. means for retract-ing the plunger against the. action of its spring and then releasing t-he same. an anvil, means controlled by the plunger operating means for feeding a. strip of percussion caps over the anvil, a pivoted and spring retracted hammer for exploding the caps, and means for operating the hammer from the plunger.

'-1. A toy cannon` comprising a support, a barrel on the said support, a plun rrer slidable on the support. in alinement with the barrel to eject a projectile from the barrel, the plunharrel to eject a projectile from the barrel, Y

the plunger having a rack, a spring pressing the plunger forwardly, ay mutilated gear wheel adapted to mesh with the said rack to retract the plunger against the tension of the spring and to then release the plunger, a pair of feed rollers for feeding a strip of percussion raps and of which one turns with the said mutilated gear Wheel, an anvil lined on the support and over whichV passes the said strip of percussion caps, a spring pressed hammer adapted to re the percussion caps on the said anvil, a lug ont-lie said plunger adapted to actuate the said hammer, and nieans for turning the said gear wheel.

(S. A toy cannon, comprising a support, a barrel on the said support and provided at one side with an opening for the entrance of a projectile. and a magazine hinged on the said support and having an outlet connected with the said barrel opening to allow the projectiles in the. magazine to pass through the said opening into the barrel, and -means for ejecting the projectiles from the barrel.

- OSCAR E. IDR-ORGE.

-GEORGE A. ROBNSON. 

